Interfacial solar evaporation: from fundamental research to applications

X Wu, Y Lu, X Ren, P Wu, D Chu, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), powered by natural sunlight
garnered significant attention due to its great potential for low‐cost and environmentally …

Water activation in solar‐powered vapor generation

D Wei, C Wang, J Zhang, H Zhao, Y Asakura… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐powered vapor evaporation (SVG), based on the liquid‐gas phase conversion
concept using solar energy, has been given close attention as a promising technology to …

Advances in photothermal regulation strategies: from efficient solar heating to daytime passive cooling

L Zhu, L Tian, S Jiang, L Han, Y Liang, Q Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal regulation concerning solar harvesting and repelling has recently attracted
significant interest due to the fast-growing research focus in the areas of solar heating for …

Bioinspired nanofibrous aerogel with vertically aligned channels for efficient water purification and salt‐rejecting solar desalination

W Ma, T Lu, W Cao, R **ong… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar steam generation has become one of the most promising strategies to relieve the
freshwater crisis. Whereas, the construction of a solar‐thermal water evaporation structure …

2D MoN1.2‐rGO Stacked Heterostructures Enabled Water State Modification for Highly Efficient Interfacial Solar Evaporation

H Yu, D Wang, H **, P Wu, X Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Improving interfacial solar evaporation performance is crucial for the practical application of
this technology in solar‐driven seawater desalination. Lowering evaporation enthalpy is one …

Progress in interfacial solar steam generation using low-dimensional and biomass-derived materials

MNAS Ivan, S Saha, AM Saleque, S Ahmed, AK Thakur… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The pressing concern of escalating water scarcity has spurred the creation of advanced
technologies, such as interfacial solar steam generation (ISSG), to tackle the challenge …

Surface patterning of two-dimensional nanostructure-embedded photothermal hydrogels for high-yield solar steam generation

Y Lu, D Fan, Y Wang, H Xu, C Lu, X Yang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Improving evaporation rate is extremely important to promote the application of solar steam
generation in clean water production through seawater desalination. However, the …

Low vaporization enthalpy hydrogels for highly efficient solar-driven interfacial evaporation

Q Zhao, Y Yang, B Zhu, Z Sha, H Zhu, Z Wu, F Nawaz… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasingly aggravated water scarcity and pollution lead to great challenges in
humankind's survival and social advancement. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation, which …

Hydrogels and hydrogel-derived materials for energy and water sustainability

Y Guo, J Bae, Z Fang, P Li, F Zhao, G Yu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Energy and water are of fundamental importance for our modern society, and advanced
technologies on sustainable energy storage and conversion as well as water resource …

Carbon materials for solar water evaporation and desalination

W Guan, Y Guo, G Yu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seawater desalination is viewed as a promising solution to world freshwater scarcity. Solar
assisted desalination is proposed to overcome the high energy consumption in current …